Planned Parenthood’s cash cow has been their racist founder Margaret Sanger

Written by Carole Novielli

Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger has been a cash cow for the abortion corporation and nothing proves this more than the many ways Planned Parenthood has fundraised off of this “racist, white woman.” Sanger is a eugenicist who once admitted she met with members of the Klu Klux Klan. A letter  signed by hundreds of former and present Planned Parenthood staffers at Planned Parenthood Greater New York (PPGNY), referred to Margaret Sanger as a “racist, white woman.”  They also decried the organization’s “systemic racism” as well as their “history and present steeped in white supremacy.”

They wrote in part:

Planned Parenthood was founded by a racist, white woman. That is a part of history that cannot be changed…We know that Planned Parenthood has a history and a present steeped in white supremacy and we, the staff, are motivated to do the difficult work needed to improve.

Planned Parenthood staffers admit PP founded in racism and steeped in white supremacy

Below are a few examples of how Planned Parenthood financially benefited from their racist founder:

New York:

Planned Parenthood New York City (PPNYC) once boasted a Margaret Sanger Legacy Society.

Planned Parenthood NYC Margaret Sanger Legacy Society

As recent as October of 2019, PP stated, “You can ensure our future for generations to come by putting PPNYC in your will or creating an annuity, which can provide income back to you. PPNYC’s Margaret Sanger Legacy Society was established to recognize these gifts…For information on the Margaret Sanger Legacy Society, making a bequest, and other specially planned gifts, please call (212) 274-7279 or e-mail development@ppnyc.org. To let us know that you have named PPNYC in your will, please download this form and mail it to PPNYC or contact us at the telephone number or e-mail address above.”

Planned Parenthood Margaret Sanger Legacy Society form for PPNYC

In 2012, among other years, Planned Parenthood Southern Finger Lakes received large donations in the name of their Margaret Sanger Circle. That year alone,  $10K or more was donated in Sanger’s by:

• Planned Parenthood Federation of America
• PPFA Fund for the Future Grant
• Sue and Steve Ruoff
• Katie and Bruce Thompson

Planned Parenthood Southern Finger Lakes Margaret Sanger Circle 2012

In 2013, Planned Parenthood Southern Finger Lakes received $10K or more from the following “Margaret Sanger Circle” donors:

• Bethesda Foundation
• Karen Brazell *
• Community Foundation of Tompkins County, Inc.
• Maureen Kelly & Luca Maurer
• Nina K. Miller
• Planned Parenthood Federation of America
• Sue & Steve Ruoff
• Katie & Bruce Thompson
• Vector Magnetics

Minnesota:

As I write this on August 9, 2020, Planned Parenthood of Minnesota’s PP North Central State facility continues to use Sanger’s name for its donors’ group, the Margaret Sanger Society, writing:

Have you established a gift for Planned Parenthood in your will or estate plan?

Planned Parenthood’s planned giving donors become a part of our Margaret Sanger Society. We create opportunities to recognize Sanger Society members throughout the year, including an annual event each spring. These events provide members with the opportunity to meet our staff, receive updates on our programs, and visit with other like-minded supporters.

Planned Parenthood MN boasts Margaret Sanger Society website accessed 08092020

Florida:

In Florida, as of late July 2020, Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida’s (PPSWCF) website boasted a “Margaret Sanger Legacy Society,” writing:

Margaret Sanger Legacy Society

Legacy gifts are one of the main ways that we at Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida have been able to plan for the future growth and stability of our programs. Members of the Margaret Sanger Legacy Society have all made commitments through bequests in their wills, gifts of life insurance, gift annuities, real estate, charitable remainder trusts, and other means. through these gifts, they will continue to fund the services and programs they supported in their lifetime in perpetuity.

 

Planned Parenthood SW Central Florida boasts Margaret Sanger Legacy Society website accessed 07212020

Past documents from PPSWCF reminded supporters that, “When you include Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida in your will and estate plans, you join our Margaret Sanger Legacy Society.”

Pennsylvania:

As Live Action News pointed out, Planned Parenthood of SE Pennsylvania’s 2019 Annual Report honors top donors with a notation in its “Margaret Sanger Circle,” a group recognized by this name for years. The “Circle” boast donors $50K and up and includes PPFA among other Foundations: 

• Irma & Arnold Bloom
• Gerry Lenfest Legacy Fund
• Hess Foundation, Inc.
• The Hilda & Preston Davis Foundation
• Independence Foundation
• John & Anne Iskrant
• Joan M. Wismer Foundation
• The Moses Feldman Family Foundation
• Planned Parenthood Federation of America
• Pritchard Foundation
• Estate of Christine & Ed Stainton
• Joy H. Tartar
• A. Morris Williams
• Constance & Sankey Williams

Planned Parenthood PA donors Margaret Sanger Circle 2019 AR accessed 08092020

Texas:

In 2016, Houston Culture Map mentioned Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast’s (PPGC) Margaret Sanger Circle. And a thank you letter from PPGC to The Community Foundation clearly shows a Margaret Sanger Circle (see below):

Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast Margaret Sanger Circle

Inductions into the Texas “Margaret Sanger Circle” have also been documented in 2009. Planned Parenthood of Houston also inducted donors into a “Margaret Sanger Circle.”

A past Planned Parenthood of Houston and South East Texas report shows their “Margaret Sanger Circle” included:

• Louella Breedlove
• Betty Lou Carter
• Richard Colt
• Burdine Clayton Johnson
• Wendy Wallace Kelsey
• Susan McAshan
• Margaret E. Neuhaus
• Hanni S. Orton
• Genevieve Peterkin
• Nancy G. Peterkin
• Gwyn W. Smith
• Phyllis Van Kerrebrook
• Isabel Brown Wilson

Planned Parenthood Houston Margaret Sanger Circle

Georgia:

In December 2013, then NAACP head Benjamin Jealous was the keynote speaker at a $1000-a-Margaret-Sanger-Circle-Ticket political rally hosted by Planned Parenthood Southeast Advocates in Atlanta, Georgia, according to The Radiance Foundation. PP’s Eventbrite notice shows the fundraising event was hosted by the Margaret Sanger Founder’s Circle.

 

Planned Parenthood SE Advocates Margaret Sanger Founder’s Circle 2013

Louisiana:

In 2010, MyNewOrleans.com credited Margaret Sanger Circle members for the “Safe Sex in the Big Easy,” event they say was presented by Planned Parenthood of Louisiana and the Mississippi Delta.

Utah:

In 2014, Planned Parenthood Associates of Utah annual report boasted the Utah Medical Association as part of their “Margaret Sanger Circle” among others who gave PPAU donations of $5K or more by the following:

• The Altschuler Family
• The Ruth Eleanor & John Ernest Bamberger Memorial Foundation
• B.W. Bastian Foundation
• Adam R. Bronfman Family Foundation
• The Mary Alice & Bennett Brown Foundation
• R. Harold Burton Foundation
• The Crawford Family Foundation
• Cultural Vision Fund
• Annette & Ian Cumming
• The Lawrence T. & Janet T. Dee Foundation
• The Drollinger Family Charitable Foundation
• The Dr. Ezekiel R. & Edna Wattis Dumke Foundation
• The Marriner S. Eccles Foundation
• The George S. & Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation
• The Willard L. Eccles Foundation
• The Emma Eccles Jones Foundation
• The Norma Eccles Treadwell Foundation
• Forthcoming Fund
• The Richard K. & Shirley S. Hemingway Foundation
• Intermountain Healthcare
• JEPS Foundation
• Dan McKnight
• Geraldine Mineau, Ph.D. & Dr. Edward Mineau
• My Good Fund
• Orange County Community Foundation
• Park City Foundation
• Shari & David Quinney
• The S.J. & Jessie E. Quinney Foundation
• Charles A. Ranney
• Raymond Family Foundation
• Rothman Family Foundation
• SelectHealth
• Steiner Foundation, Inc.
• Sarah Ilstrup & Kevin Strait
• Candy & Jack Taylor
• The Robert I. Wishnick Foundation
• Utah Medical Association

Planned Parenthood Assoc of UT Margaret Sanger Circle 2014 AR mentioned

 

Similar donations were made by the Utah Medical Association as well as the Episcopal Diocese of Utah in 2012, under PP’s Margaret Sanger Circle.

Virginia:

A Virginia League of Planned Parenthood donation page makes it clear that if you give $1000 to VLPP you will be inducted into the Margaret Sanger Circle.

Virginia League of Planned Parenthood Margaret Sanger Circle

California:

A 2009 Planned Parenthood San Diego and Riverside County annual report includes a “Margaret Sanger Circle” and the 2008 Planned Parenthood San Diego and Riverside County annual report which also boasts a “Margaret Sanger Circle” includes PPFA and Blue Shield of California Foundation among others:

• K. Andrew Achterkirchen
• Roberta Allen
• Irene W. & Guy L. Anderson
• Children’s Foundation
• Drs. Richard & Rita Atkinson
• Legler Benbough Foundation
• Joan Bernstein
• Catherine & Phillip Blair
• Blue Shield of California Foundation
• The California Wellness Foundation
• Guy C. Clum
• Jackie & Stan Drosch
• Cecilia H. Dunne
• Jinx K. Ecke
• Lizbeth Ecke & Paul Meyer
• Paul Ecke, III and Juliane Hampton
• Sarah Ecke May Family
• The Paul & Magdalena Ecke
• Poinsettia Foundation
• Dr. Charles C. & Sue K. Edwards
• Herb & Paula Engel
• Susanna & Michael Flaster
• Joan & Eugene M. Foster
• Dr. Edward & Dr. Joy Frieman
• Jon & Bobbie Gilbert
• Enid & Martin Gleich
• Beverly Grant
• George Hecht
• Dr. Jerry Heller
• Carol & Richard Hertzberg
• Rosanne & Joel Holliday
• Theodora Ives
• Dr. & Mrs. Irwin Jacob
• Dr. Stacy & Dr. Paul Jacobs
• Alan & Nora Taylor Jaffe
• Linda & Mel Katz
• Sharon & Joel Labovitz
• Local Independent Charities
• Harle Montgomery
• Sara Moser
• Jenny & Wes Mudge
• Vera & John Pardee
• PPFA
• Planned Parenthood Friends
• Drs. David & Catalina Preskill
• Price Charities
• The San Diego Foundation
• Strauss Family Foundation
• Diana Strauss Casey
• Kathleen L. Strauss, Ph.D.
• Paul & Anita Strauss
• United Way of San Diego County
• Molli & Arthur Wagner, Ph.D.
• Clara & Frederick Wall
• Weingart-Price Fund
• Katherine D. White
• Sheryl & Harvey White
• Sheryl & Harvey White Foundation

 

Planned Parenthood San Diego and Riverside County Margaret Sanger Circle

A 2007 report which also boasted a Margaret Sanger Circle, can be found here.

Planned Parenthood San Diego and Riverside County Margaret Sanger Circle 2007

Massachusetts:

Planned Parenthood published donations they received through their “Margaret Sanger Society” via their annual reports:

Margaret Sanger Society: Platinum $75,000+

• Brit d’Arbeloff
• Elizabeth Munro & Peter Wheeler

Margaret Sanger Society: Gold $50,000 – 74,999

• Elizabeth A. Driehaus/The Richard H.
• Driehaus Charitable Lead Trust
• MetroWest Health Foundation

Margaret Sanger Society: Silver $25,000 – 49,999

• Alchemy Foundation
• Dr. John & Bette Cohen
• Barbara & Michael Eisenson
• Mike & Christina Gordon
• Barbara W. Hostetter
• Merrie* & Lyman Wood

Planned Parenthood MA Margaret Sanger Society donations in 2013 AR accessed 06172020

Margaret Sanger Legacy Awards

In addition to fundraising, Planned Parenthood also gave out Margaret Sanger Legacy Awards:

Planned Parenthood 2014 Margaret Sanger Legacy Award Larry Burns (Image: Twitter)

Planned Parenthood Orange and San Bernardino Counties brags on Facebook that Amy Streavel, one of their own received the Margaret Sanger Legacy Award in 2018.

Planned Parenthood Margaret Sanger Legacy Award PPOSBC (Image: FB)

The truth is that after 100 years of praising Margaret Sanger as a heroine, Planned Parenthood has never been serious about disavowing their racist founder, and they continue to receive cover from the media, politicians and Hollywood, many who gleefully received awards in Sanger’s name.

Nancy Pelosi receives Planned Parenthood Margaret Sanger Award Twitter

And, despite Planned Parenthood’s latest attempt to “disavow” their founder by removing her name from their largest affiliate, Planned Parenthood’s across the country have – for years- raised funds off Sanger, a eugenicist who once admitted she met with members of the Klu Klux Klan. While Planned Parenthood claims to be reckoning with the eugenics and racist deeds of their founder, it is doubtful they intend to return all the money they raised profiting off Margaret Sanger’s name.